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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
I'm not saying the Canucks would run with Demko as the starter. They could trade Markstrom at high value and sign another goalie to platoon with Demko.
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Demko hasn't even shown he's worthy of a platoon role. He has six career starts. Were Vancouver to move Markstrom, it would have to be for a Bobrovsky level player they expected to play 60 games a year.
Markstrom has more value to the Canucks than they'd get back. Nobody's giving them a 1st for a soon to be 30 year old goalie with one year left to UFA who's never played a playoff game. That's not Markstrom's fault, but it does submarine his market.
Demko should factor into the Canucks plans about as much as Jon Gillies figures in ours. If he works out one day, great. But that hasn't come close to happening yet, and it's not fair to the team, the fans or the player to operate as though a breakout is imminent.
In the meantime, they have a guy who has four straight .910 seasons playing on some really bad Vancouver teams. Extend him.